Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet, Broadband
Odisha
Odisha authorities ordered mobile and broadband Internet services to be suspended in Cuttack City amid local unrest.
- Total Duration 2 days
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
The Internet suspension covered all mobile and broadband Internet/data services, including broadband dial-up, and was effective from Sunday, 5 October, 19:00 to Monday, 6 October, 19:00. It was later extended to Tuesday, 7 October, 19:00.
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Social media
To contain rumors & escalation, the govt imposed a 24-hr internet shutdown in Cuttack security tightened across the city. pic.twitter.com/xOtaeEXQyL
— Treeni (@TheTreeni) October 5, 2025
Hello @MohanMOdisha @CMO_Odisha people of Cuttack are facing severe difficulties due to the ongoing internet shutdown in the city. The disruption of internet services has caused immense inconvenience to students, professionals, and leading to great distress among citizens.
— Lax_🇮🇳 (@lkantalk) October 6, 2025